Intercultural Communication Studies XIV: 2 2005 Hoffer - Language Borrowing Language Borrowing and the Indices of Adaptability and Receptivity Bates L. Hoffer Trinity University Introduction One of the most easily observable results of intercultural contact and communication is the set of loanwords that is imported into the vocabulary of each language involved. The field of cultures and languages in contact (Weinreich 1953) has grown a great deal over the past fifty years. From the early studies
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Pompeii & Herculaneum 1. Geographical context Physical environment: geographical setting‚ natural features and resources of Pompeii and Herculaneum Geographical setting Pompeii and Herculaneum were located in Campania‚ southwest Italy near Bay of Naples. Herculaneum was a waterfront town situated on the coast of Bay of Naples 7km west of Mt Vesuvius‚ while Pompeii was slightly inland on the Sarno river‚ 9km southeast of Mt Vesuvius. Both towns were linked to Rome through sea
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Science is a body of empirical‚ theoretical‚ and practical knowledge about the natural world‚ produced by researchers making use of scientific methods‚ which emphasize the observation‚ explanation‚ and prediction of real world phenomena by experiment. Given the dual status of science as objective knowledge and as a human construct‚ good historiography of science draws on the historical methods of both intellectual history and social history. Tracing the exact origins of modern science is possible
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a great deal of material which can be found nowhere else. Sturlusson‚ Snorri (Hollander‚ Lee tr.). Heimskringla.. Austin: University Press‚ 1964. Sturlusson‚ Snorri (Young‚ Jean I. tr.) Prose Edda.. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes Publishers Ltd.‚ 1954. Tacitus; W. Hamilton Pyfe (tr.) Dialogus Agricola and Germania. Oxford: Clarendon Press.‚ 1908. a major source of information on the lives and practices of the continental Germanic people‚ although its reliability may be questioned because of the didactic
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Chapter one the first civilization I. Introduction A. The Idea of Civilization The West is an idea that developed slowly during Greek and Roman civilization. Initially the Greeks referred to their homeland as the Europe—or “West.” The Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians
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CLAS104 – Classical Mythology University of Waterloo – Spring 2012 Chapter 1 – Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology The word myth comes from the Greek word mythos which means “word”‚ “speech”‚ “tale”‚ or “story” The story must have proved itself worthy of becoming traditional Myths can be told by means of various mediums: oral‚ written‚ music‚ painting‚ dance‚ etc True Myth / Myth Proper Refers primarily to stories of the gods and humankind’s relations with them Saga / Legend Myths
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THE DECAY OF LYING BY OSCAR WILDE A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian‚ don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum. Let us go and lie on the grass‚ and smoke cigarettes‚ and enjoy Nature. VIVIAN. Enjoy Nature! I am glad to say
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In the Footsteps of Jesus 2013 15th October 2012 to 23rd October 2012 Meet at Mumbai International airport on TERMINAL 2 Gate C at 3 am sharp on 15th Oct. Our representative will guide you through the airline check–in‚ and immigration procedure. We start the journey of a lifetime with our flight on Kuwait Airways from Mumbai to Kuwait and onwards to Amman (dep. at 6.15am). We arrive at Amman’s Queen Alia Int’l Airport at 11.30 am‚ where we will meet our representative who will guide us through
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Contents ABSTRACT 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Abstract of Job Analysis 5 2.1 Concept 5 2.2 Classification 6 2.3 Major Steps in a Job Analysis 6 2.4 Representation 14 2.4.1 Job Description 14 2.4.2 The Statement of Work 16 2.4.3 Duty Description 17 2.4.4 Qualification Specification 17 3 The Importance of Job Analysis 19 4 The Existing Problems 21 4.1 Ignoring Job Analysis’s importance 21 4.2 Lake of Flexibility 21 4.3 Communication Disorders 21 4.4 Poor Performance in Helping Employees’
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Francis Bacon: A Moralist Bacon is not a true moralist. His morality is a saleable morality. He is a moralist-cum-worldly wise man. Bacon appears as a moralist in his essays‚ for he preaches high moral principles and lays down valuable guidelines for human conduct. Some of his essays show him as a true lover and preacher of high ethical codes and conducts. For instance‚ in “Of Envy”‚ he puts: “A man that hath no virtue in himself‚ ever envieth virtue in others.” Then‚ in his essay “Of Goodness
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